Kireçburnu is a neighbourhood in the municipality and district of

Sarıyer Sarıyer () is a municipality and Districts of Turkey, district of Istanbul Province, Istanbul Province, Turkey. Its area is 177 km2 and its population is 350,454 (2022). It is on the northeastern part of Istanbul's European side. Sarıyer al ...

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. Its population is 6,888 (2022). It is located on the northern shore of

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at European side. It is to the north of İstanbul centre with a distance over . During the

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era Kireçburnu was a village named ''Kleidai tou Pontou''. It means the Key of Pontus. The reason for this is that Kireçburnu is the first place where you see the Black Sea when you go north from Istanbul. During the construction of Rumeli Castle by the Ottoman Sultan

Mehmet II Mehmed II (; , ; 30 March 14323 May 1481), commonly known as Mehmed the Conqueror (; ), was twice the sultan of the Ottoman Empire from August 1444 to September 1446 and then later from February 1451 to May 1481. In Mehmed II's first reign, ...

, the limekilns in the village were used as the construction material of the castle.İstanbul guide
/ref> Turkish for lime is ''kireç'' and for cape is ''burun''; eventually the village was called Kireçburnu. As the urban fabric of İstanbul expanded Kireçburnu became a neighborhood of the city. Kireçburnu is bordered by Tarabya in the south. The neighborhood is well known for its fish food restaurants.

Sports

The local sports club Kireçburnu Spor is active in football only. Its women's team was promoted from the Second League to the Turkish Women's First Football League for the 2015–16 season.

Transport

Kireçburnu is served by following city line buses: * 25A – Rumeli Kavağı – Hacıosman Metro * 25E –

– Kabataş * 25Y – Hacıosman Metro -Sarıyer – Yunus Emre – Uyum Sitesi* * 40 – Rumelifeneri – Garipçe – Taksim * 40B – Sarıyer –

Beşiktaş Beşiktaş () is a district and municipality of Istanbul Province, Turkey. Its area is 18 km2 and its population is 175,190 (2022). It is located on the European shore of the Bosphorus strait. It is bordered on the north by Sarıyer and ...

* 42T – Bahçeköy – Taksim

References

External links

* Neighbourhoods of Sarıyer Bosphorus {{Istanbul-geo-stub